Denis Leary has praised his Amazing Spider-Man co-star Andrew Garfield, and has described the English actor as "terrific".

The Rescue Me actor revealed that he was "impressed" with Garfield's portrayal of Peter Parker, especially as he filmed a lot of his own stunts.

"He's terrific in the role," Leary told Starpulse. "He was trained as a gymnast when he was growing up in England, which came in handy. Most of the stunts in the movie are done live, in front of the cameras. There's a ton of stuff. He's just a terrific actor."

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Leary added that the reboot of the superhero franchise will be a "darker" version in comparison to previous editions.

"It's a pretty dark vision to Spider-Man," he said. "It's a darker story but yeah, there are some very funny things in it, some of them that were scripted and some of them that came out of work."